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Ed Gein the Man Who Inspired Many Popular Horror Films

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Ed Gein the Man Who Inspired Many Popular Horror Films

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Sam H Arnold
Mar 1, 2022
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One of the horror films that has scared me the most was Psycho. Norman Bates is a genuinely horrific character. So when I discovered he was based on a real-life criminal, I researched him.

Ed Gein was born Edward Theodore Gein on 27th August 1906 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Nicknamed by the media, The Butcher of Plainfield, he was considered a loner. However…

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